System and method for updating a trusted application (ta) on a device

ABSTRACT

A system and method can support device management. A trusted operating system (OS) in a trusted execution environment can store a digest for one or more binary files, which are associated with a trusted application that is deployed in the trusted execution environment. Then, the system can update the trusted application based on one or more updates received from a service provider. Furthermore, the system allows the trusted OS to derive at least one secret bound to the updated trusted application using the digest stored by the trusted OS in the trusted execution environment.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is related to the following patent application(s), eachof which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety:

-   U.S. patent application titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING    DERIVING SECRETS FROM A MASTER KEY BOUND TO AN APPLICATION ON A    DEVICE”, application Ser. No. ______, filed Mar. 20, 2014 (Attorney    Docket No. ORACL-05494US0); and-   U.S. patent application titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING    SECRETS TO AN APPLICATION ON A DEVICE”, application Ser. No. ______,    filed Mar. 20, 2014 (Attorney Docket No. ORACL-05495US0).

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FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention is generally related to computer systems, and isparticularly related to device management and security.

BACKGROUND

In the post personal computer (PC) era, businesses often permitemployees to bring various mobile devices, such as smart phones,tablets, and laptops, to their workplace. The employees can use thosepersonally owned devices to access privileged company information andapplications. The information technology industry has been evolving topromote the secure and interoperable deployment and management ofsoftware applications using secure chip technology, e.g. based on theGlobalPlatform. This is the general area that embodiments of theinvention are intended to address.

SUMMARY

Described herein are systems and methods that can support devicemanagement. A trusted operating system (OS) in a trusted executionenvironment (TEE) can store a digest for one or more binary files, whichare associated with a trusted application that is deployed in thetrusted execution environment. Then, the system can update the trustedapplication based on one or more updates received from a serviceprovider. Furthermore, the system allows the trusted OS to derive atleast one secret bound to the updated trusted application using thedigest stored by the trusted OS in the trusted execution environment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 shows an illustration of an exemplary system-on-chip (SoC)architecture on a device.

FIG. 2 shows an illustration of supporting a trusted executionenvironment (TEE) in a system-on-chip (SoC) architecture.

FIG. 3 shows an illustration of supporting secret derivation in atrusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodiment ofthe invention.

FIG. 4 shows an illustration of deriving secret bound to a trustedapplication (TA) in a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordancewith an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary flow chart for deriving secret bound toa trusted application (TA) in a trusted execution environment (TEE), inaccordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 shows an illustration of supporting a trusted application (TA)update mechanism in a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordancewith an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 shows an illustration of providing secure TA updates secure TAupdates in a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with anembodiment of the invention.

FIG. 8 shows an illustration of updating a trusted application in atrusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodiment ofthe invention.

FIG. 9 shows an illustration of further updating the trusted applicationin a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with anembodiment of the invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates an exemplary flow chart for supporting TA updates ina trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodimentof the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The invention is illustrated, by way of example and not by way oflimitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which likereferences indicate similar elements. It should be noted that referencesto “an” or “one” or “some” embodiment(s) in this disclosure are notnecessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at leastone.

Described herein are systems and methods that can support devicemanagement.

Exemplary Device Architecture

In accordance with an embodiment, the systems and methods describedherein can be implemented as, or used with a device, such as a mobiledevice (e.g., smart phone), or other device

In accordance with various embodiments, the device can be based on asystem-on-chip (SoC) architecture. The description of embodiments of theinvention provided herein generally uses the ARM SoC architecture as oneexample of a SoC architecture. It will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that, in accordance with various embodiments, other types of SoCarchitecture can be used, without limitation.

In accordance with an embodiment, an SoC architecture, which includesboth hardware and software components, can provide on-chip integrationof various types of functional hardware, in order to perform differenttasks such as power management, computing, audio/video, graphics, globalpositioning system (GPS), and radio.

The hardware components in a SoC architecture can include variousanalog, digital, and storage components. For example, in accordance withan embodiment, the analog components can include analog-to-digitalconverter (ADC) and digitally controlled amplifier (DCA) components,phase-locked loop (PLL) components, transmitting (Tx)/receiving (Rx)components, radio frequency (RF) components. The digital components caninclude various processors, interfaces, and accelerators. The storagecomponents can include static random-access memory (SRAM), dynamicrandom-access memory (DRAM), non-volatile storage components such asflash memory, and read-only memory (ROM). Additionally, the SoC cancontain programmable hardware, such as field-programmable gate array(FPGA), mixed signal blocks, and sensors.

In accordance with an embodiment, a SoC architecture can include bothon-chip and off-chip software components. For example, the softwarecomponents in a SoC architecture can include a real-time operatingsystem (RTOS), device drivers, and software applications.

Additionally, in accordance with an embodiment, a SoC architecture cantake advantage of various portable/reusable components and/or circuitdesigns, embedded CPU, embedded memory, and real world interfaces suchas universal serial bus (USB), peripheral component Interconnect (PCI),and Ethernet.

FIG. 1 shows an illustration of an exemplary system-on-chip (SoC)architecture on a device in accordance with an embodiment. As shown inFIG. 1, a SoC 101 for a device 100 can include a high performanceon-chip bus 110, which interconnects one or more processors 102, anon-chip random-access memory (RAM) 103, a direct memory access (DMA)controller 104, and one or more external memory interfaces 105.

In accordance with an embodiment, the processors 102 in the SoC 101 caninclude a single-core or multiple-core central processing unit (CPU), acache component, a graphics processing unit (GPU), a video codec, and aliquid-crystal display (LCD) video interface.

Also, in accordance with an embodiment, the SoC 101 can include a bridge106 that connects the high performance on-chip bus 110 to a peripheralbus 120, which can be run with a lower bandwidth, using lower power,latched address and control, and simple interface. For example, as shownin FIG. 1, the peripheral bus 120 can provide access to a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) 111, a timer 112, a keypadinterface 113, and programmed input/output (PIO) interfaces 114.

In accordance with an embodiment, the SoC 101 for the device 100 canestablish mobile connectivity using different technologies, such asBluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular (3G/4G/LTE/LTE-A) modem, and/or GPS.

The exemplary SoC architecture shown in FIG. 1 is provided for purposesof illustration. In accordance with various embodiments, other types ofSoC architecture can be used.

Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)

FIG. 2 shows an illustration of supporting a trusted executionenvironment (TEE) in a system-on-chip (SoC) architecture. As shown inFIG. 2, a SoC 200 architecture enables a device to execute code and tomanipulate data in separate execution environments, e.g. a trustedexecution environment (TEE) 201 and a rich execution environment (REE)202.

The REE 202 can include the normal runtime environment based on a richOS 221 (or the main OS such as Android or iOS), while the TEE 20, whichis a secure area isolated from the REE 202, can include the secureruntime environment based on a secure OS (e.g. a trusted OS 211).

As shown in FIG. 2, both the TEE 201 and the REE 202 can run on top of ahardware platform 210. For example, an ARM SoC can provide a hardwaremechanism based on the TrustZone technology and its related monitorcode. Furthermore, the hardware mechanism 210 can enforce the isolationbetween the secure runtime environment in TEE 201 (i.e. “the secureworld”) and the normal runtime environment in REE 202 (i.e. “the normalworld”). Also, the hardware mechanism 210 enables the communicationbetween the two worlds.

Alternatively, both the TEE 201 and the REE 202 can be run on top of ahypervisor, instead of running directly on top of the hardware mechanism210. For example, the hypervisor can host two virtual machines (VMs)with one VM dedicated to host the REE 202 and another VM dedicated tohost the TEE 201. Here, in order to support the isolated secureexecution, the VM that hosts the TEE 201 can be assigned with higherprivileges over the VM that hosts the REE 202.

Furthermore, the SoC 200 can provide a root of trust that is bound to asecure boot mechanism (e.g. based on a boot ROM). The root of trust on aSoC 200 guarantees that the code in a TEE 201 is genuine and that onlyauthorized code can be executed in the TEE 201.

As shown in FIG. 2, the TEE 201 environment allows one or more trustedapplication (TAs) 213-214 to run on top of the trusted OS 211, e.g. viaa TEE internal application programming interface (API) 212. The trustedOS 211 can leverage the security features present on the SoC 200 and canexecute the TAs 213-214 in the TEE 201 in a secure fashion.

The TAs 213-214 may need to be signed by an authority, such as aninstallation authority, before being installed within the TEE 201.Depending on business models and business agreements, the installationauthority can be the owner of the device hosting the SoC 200, the OEM ora third party.

Once the TAs 213-214 are installed within the TEE 201, the TAs 213-214can be stored in a secure file system (SFS), which is managed by the TEE201. Furthermore, the TA 213-214 can be accessed from the SFS, each timewhen the TA 213-214 is required. Thus, the TEE 201 can provide securestorage for the TAs 213-214, since the SFS guarantees confidentialityand integrity of the data stored in it.

Also as shown in FIG. 2, the TEE 201 can expose a set of interfaces,such as the TEE client API 222 and the TEE functional API 223, in theREE 202, in order to provide security services to various clientapplications 224-225 in the REE 202. Additionally, the TEE 201 allowsthe client applications 224-225 in the REE 202 and the trustedapplications 213-214 to use a shared memory for communicating largeamounts of data, quickly and efficiently.

Derive Secrets Bound to a Trusted Application (TA)

FIG. 3 shows an illustration of supporting secret derivation in atrusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodiment ofthe invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the trusted applications (TAs)311-312, which may be developed by different service providers 303-304,can be deployed in a TEE 301 that is provided by a SoC 300 on a device.

Furthermore, the TEE 301 environment can include a trusted OS 305, whichis able to derive secrets (e.g. various cryptographic keys bound to thedevice) based on a master key 310 bound to the SoC 300. The root oftrust provided by the SoC 300 can guarantee that the trusted OS 305 isthe only component on the SoC 300 that is able to derive secrets.

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the trusted OS 305allows the TAs 311-312 to have access to the secret derivationfunctionality such that the secrets derived from the master key 310 canalso be bound to the TAs 311-312.

As shown in FIG. 3, within the TEE 301, each TA 311-312 running on topof the trusted OS 310 can be associated with a unique identifier321-322. Also, the trusted OS 305 can use a key derivation function(KDF) 306 to derive secrets bound to different TAs 311-312.

For example, the following exemplary KDF can take the master key 310 anda TA identifier 321-322 as internal parameters.

KDF(X)=SHA_(—)256(Master Key|Trusted Application Identifier|X)

Thus, the KDF 306 can generate secrets bound to the device and differentindividual TAs 311-312.

Furthermore, the service providers 303-304, which develop the TAs311-312, may rely on an installation authority 302 to affect eachindividual TA 311-312 with a unique identifier 321-322 and sign eachindividual TA 311-312.

In the security industry, the service providers 303-304 may be reluctantto have their applications, which contain the business-critical secrets,executed in an environment that is outside of their control, since theservice providers 303-304 may need to trust the installation authority302 for ensuring that no other TA may be affected with the sameidentifier and signed.

For example, it is possible that a malevolent TA, e.g. TA 312, can beerroneously affected with the identifier 311. Thus, the malevolent TA312 may be able to access the secrets of the service provider 303 forthe TA 311, if the TEE 301 uses the above exemplary KDF for derivingsecrets.

FIG. 4 shows an illustration of deriving secret bound to a trustedapplication (TA) in a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordancewith an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a trusted OS401 in a TEE 400 can use a key derivation function (KDF) 403 to derive asecret 410 that is bound to a trusted application (TA) 402, based onboth a master key 411 maintained by the trusted OS 401 and a uniqueidentifier 412 associated with the TA 402.

Additionally, the trusted OS 401 can take into account the binary (codeand/or data) of a TA. For example, the following exemplary KDF can takea resume (e.g. a hash value) of the binary 413 for the TA 402 as aninternal parameter.

KDF(X)=SHA_(—)256(Master Key|Trusted ApplicationIdentifier|SHA_(—)256(The TA binary)|X)

As shown in the above, the KDF 403 can derive secrets 410 bound only tothe TA 402. In other words, the KDF 403 may not derive the same secretsbound to a different TA, even when the different TA has access to thesame identifier 412.

Thus, the system can ensure that the service providers are able to puttheir secrets under control and protect their business.

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary flow chart for deriving secret bound toa trusted application (TA) in a trusted execution environment (TEE), inaccordance with an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 4, atstep 501, the system can deploy a trusted application in a trustedexecution environment on a device, wherein the trusted executionenvironment includes a trusted operating system (OS) and the trustedapplication is associated with an identifier. Then, at step 502, thesystem can derive one or more secrets bound to said trusted applicationbased on the identifier. Furthermore, at step 503, the system canprevent another trusted application in the trusted execution environmentfrom retrieving said one or more secrets using the same identifier.

Trusted Application (TA) Update Mechanism

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the system canguarantee consistency in secret derivation for supporting trustedapplication (TA) updates.

FIG. 6 shows an illustration of supporting a trusted application (TA)update mechanism in a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordancewith an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 6, a trustedapplication (TA) 602 can be deployed in a trusted execution environment(TEE) 610.

The TEE 610 can include a trusted OS 601, which can use a key derivationfunction (KDF) 603 for deriving secrets bound to the TA 602, based onboth a master key 611 maintained in the trusted OS 601 and an uniqueidentifier 612 associated with the TA 602.

Additionally, the trusted OS 610 allows the KDF 603 to take into accountthe binary (code/data) 613 of the TA 602 in secret derivation. Forexample, the KDF 603 can take a digest 614 for the binary (code/data)613 of the TA 602 as a parameter. Here, the digest 614 can be afixed-size bit string that results from a cryptographic hash function,which takes the binary (code/data) 613 of the TA 602 as the input.

Furthermore, the trusted OS 601 can support and manage an update 605 forthe TA 602. As shown in FIG. 6, the TA 602 may be signed by an updateauthority 606 in order to be updated within the TEE 610. If the KDF 603is bound to the binary 613 of the TA 602, then the secrets resultingfrom the KDF 603 may change when the TA 602 is updated and its binary613 is changed.

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the system canguarantee that the KDF 603 is consistent across multiple TA updates.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the service provider 604 for the TA 602 (to beupdated) trusts the update authority 606, the system can store stateinformation 620 in the SFS, which indicates whether the TA 602 hasalready been updated.

For example, when the TA 602 is updated from TA v1.0 to TA v1.1, thetrusted OS 601 can store the digest 614 for the binary 613 of theinitially installed TA v1.0 within the SFS. Then, the KDF 603 can reusethis stored digest 614 value later on, when the KDF is called by TA v1.1after the update.

FIG. 7 shows an illustration of providing secure TA updates in a trustedexecution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodiment of theinvention. As shown in FIG. 7, a trusted application (TA) 702 can bedeployed in a trusted execution environment (TEE) 710.

The TEE 710 can include a trusted OS 701, which can use a key derivationfunction (KDF) 703 for deriving secrets bound to the TA 702, based onboth a master key 711 maintained in the trusted OS 701 and an uniqueidentifier 712 associated with the TA 702.

Additionally, the trusted OS 710 allows the KDF 703 to take into accountthe binary (code/data) 713 of the TA 702 in secret derivation. Forexample, the KDF 703 can take a digest 714 for the binary (code/data)713 of the TA 702 as a parameter.

For example, when a TA 702 is installed initially (e.g. using TA v1.0),the TA 702 can contain in its data 713 a public key A 715 (e.g.pubKey1).

As shown in FIG. 7, the system can support and manage an update of theTA 702 (e.g. using an update I 705), when the service provider 704 ofthe TA 702 does not trust the update authority 706.

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the service provider704 can provide the update I 705 for the TA 702 (e.g. TA v1.1). Theupdate I 705 may contain (e.g. in its data) a signature 721 for thebinary (code and data) of TA v1.1, which is signed using a private key A(e.g. a privKey1 related to the pubKey1). Also, the service provider 704can ensure that the update I 705 contains (e.g. in its data) a differentpublic key B 722 (e.g. pubKey2).

Additionally, the trusted OS 701 can also store state information 720that indicates whether a given TA 702 has been updated or not in theSFS.

FIG. 8 shows an illustration of updating a trusted application in atrusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodiment ofthe invention. As shown in FIG. 8, a trusted application (TA) 802 can beupdated in a trusted execution environment (TEE) 810.

For example, the update I 805 includes a signature 821, which is signedusing a private key A (i.e. privKey1), and a public key B 822 (i.e.pubKey2).

When the service provider 804 for the TA 802 does not trust the updateauthority 806, the trusted OS 801 allows the TA 802 to be updated, e.g.from the TA v1.0 into the TA v1.1, only after the signature 821 in theupdate I 805 is successfully verified against the previously installedpublic key A 815 (i.e. pubKey1).

Then, the trusted OS 801 in the TEE 810 can use a key derivationfunction (KDF) 803 for deriving secrets bound to the TA 802, based onboth a master key 811 maintained in the trusted OS 801 and an uniqueidentifier 812 associated with the TA 802.

Additionally, the trusted OS 801 has previously stored, in the SFS, thedigest 814 for the binary of the initially installed TA 802 (i.e. TAv1.0). Then, the trusted OS 801 allows the KDF 803 to derive secretsbound to the TA 802, based on the stored digest 814 for TA v1.0, ratherthan a digest for the updated binary (code/data) 813 of the TA (i.e. adigest associated with TA v1.1).

Correspondingly, the trusted OS 801 can also store state information 820that indicates whether a given TA 802 has been updated or not in theSFS.

Thus, the service provider 804, which is the owner of the public/privatekey pair (privKey1 and pubKey1), can guarantee that only the TA 802 canhave access to the secrets when calling the KDF 803, even after the TA802 is updated with a different version.

FIG. 9 shows an illustration of further updating the trusted applicationin a trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with anembodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 9, a trusted application(TA) 902 can be updated in a trusted execution environment (TEE) 910.

For example, the service provider 904 can ensure that the update II 905includes (e.g. in its data) a signature 921, which is signed using aprivate key B (e.g. privKey2), and a public key C 922 (e.g. pubKey3).

When the service provider 904 for the TA 902 does not trust the updateauthority 906, the trusted OS 901 allows the TA 902 to be updated fromthe TA v1.1 into the TA v1.2, only after the signature 921 in the updateII 905 is successfully verified against the previously installed publickey B 915 (i.e. pubKey2).

The TEE 910 can include a trusted OS 901, which can use a key derivationfunction (KDF) 903 for deriving secrets bound to the TA 902, based onboth a master key 911 maintained in the trusted OS 901 and an uniqueidentifier 912 associated with the TA 902.

Additionally, the trusted OS 901 in the TEE 910 has previously stored,in the SFS, the digest 914 for the binary of the initially installed TA902 (i.e. TA v1.0). Then, the trusted OS 901 allows the KDF 903 toderive secrets bound to the TA 902, based on the stored digest 914 forTA v1.0, rather than a digest for the updated binary (code/data) 913 ofthe TA (i.e. a digest associated with TA v1.2).

Correspondingly, the trusted OS 801 can also store state information 820that indicates whether a given TA 802 has been updated or not in theSFS.

Thus, the service provider 904, which is the owner of the public/privatekey pair (privKey2 and pubKey2), can guarantee that only the TA 902 canhave access to the secrets when calling the KDF 903, even after the TA802 is updated with multiple different versions.

In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the system can usethe same key pair for all versions of the TA 902, rather than having anew key pair for each different version of the TA 902.

FIG. 10 illustrates an exemplary flow chart for supporting TA updates ina trusted execution environment (TEE), in accordance with an embodimentof the invention. As shown in FIG. 10, at step 1001, a trusted operatingsystem (OS) in a trusted execution environment can store a digest forone or more binary files, which are associated with a trustedapplication that is deployed in the trusted execution environment. Then,at step 1002, the system can update the trusted application based on oneor more updates received from a service provider. Furthermore, at step1003, the trusted OS can derive at least one secret bound to the updatedtrusted application using the digest stored by the trusted OS in thetrusted execution environment.

Many features of the present invention can be performed in, using, orwith the assistance of hardware, software, firmware, or combinationsthereof. Consequently, features of the present invention may beimplemented using a processing system (e.g., including one or moreprocessors).

Features of the present invention can be implemented in, using, or withthe assistance of a computer program product which is a storage medium(media) or computer readable medium (media) having instructions storedthereon/in which can be used to program a processing system to performany of the features presented herein. The storage medium can include,but is not limited to, any type of disk including floppy disks, opticaldiscs, DVD, CD-ROMs, microdrive, and magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs,EPROMs, EEPROMs, DRAMs, VRAMs, flash memory devices, magnetic or opticalcards, nanosystems (including molecular memory ICs), or any type ofmedia or device suitable for storing instructions and/or data.

Stored on any one of the machine readable medium (media), features ofthe present invention can be incorporated in software and/or firmwarefor controlling the hardware of a processing system, and for enabling aprocessing system to interact with other mechanism utilizing the resultsof the present invention. Such software or firmware may include, but isnot limited to, application code, device drivers, operating systems andexecution environments/containers.

Features of the invention may also be implemented in hardware using, forexample, hardware components such as application specific integratedcircuits (ASICs). Implementation of the hardware state machine so as toperform the functions described herein will be apparent to personsskilled in the relevant art.

Additionally, the present invention may be conveniently implementedusing one or more conventional general purpose or specialized digitalcomputer, computing device, machine, or microprocessor, including one ormore processors, memory and/or computer readable storage mediaprogrammed according to the teachings of the present disclosure.Appropriate software coding can readily be prepared by skilledprogrammers based on the teachings of the present disclosure, as will beapparent to those skilled in the software art.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been describedabove, it should be understood that they have been presented by way ofexample, and not limitation. It will be apparent to persons skilled inthe relevant art that various changes in form and detail can be madetherein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The present invention has been described above with the aid offunctional building blocks illustrating the performance of specifiedfunctions and relationships thereof. The boundaries of these functionalbuilding blocks have often been arbitrarily defined herein for theconvenience of the description. Alternate boundaries can be defined solong as the specified functions and relationships thereof areappropriately performed. Any such alternate boundaries are thus withinthe scope and spirit of the invention.

The foregoing description of the present invention has been provided forthe purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to beexhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Thebreadth and scope of the present invention should not be limited by anyof the above-described exemplary embodiments. Many modifications andvariations will be apparent to the practitioner skilled in the art. Themodifications and variations include any relevant combination of thedisclosed features. The embodiments were chosen and described in orderto best explain the principles of the invention and its practicalapplication, thereby enabling others skilled in the art to understandthe invention for various embodiments and with various modificationsthat are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended thatthe scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and theirequivalence.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for supporting device management,comprising: storing, via a trusted operating system (OS) in a trustedexecution environment, a digest for one or more binary files, which areassociated with a trusted application that is deployed in the trustedexecution environment; updating the trusted application based on one ormore updates received from a service provider; and deriving, via thetrusted OS, at least one secret bound to the updated trusted applicationusing the digest stored by the trusted OS in the trusted executionenvironment.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: using asecure file system managed by the trusted execution environment to storethe digest for said one or more binary files.
 3. The method of claim 1,further comprising: storing, via the trusted OS, state information,which indicates whether the trusted application has been updated, in thetrusted execution environment.
 4. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: allowing the one or more binary files for the trustedapplication to contain a public key.
 5. The method of claim 4, furthercomprising: allowing the one or more updates of the trusted applicationto contain a signature that is signed using a private key.
 6. The methodof claim 5, further comprising: using, via the trusted OS, the publickey to verify the signature, in order to validate the one or moreupdates of the trusted application.
 7. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: using, via the trusted OS, a key derivation function toderive said at least one secret.
 8. The method of claim 7, furthercomprising: using a master key maintained by the trusted OS in thetrusted execution environment as a parameter for the key derivationfunction
 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing asystem-on-chip in the device, wherein the system-on-chip supports thetrusted execution environment.
 10. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: providing a root of trust that guarantees the trusted OS tobe a only component that is able to derive secrets on thesystem-on-chip.
 11. A system for supporting device management,comprising: one or more microprocessors; a trusted operating system (OS)in a trusted execution environment, running on the one or moremicroprocessors, wherein the trusted OS operates to store a digest forone or more binary files, which are associated with a trustedapplication that is deployed in the trusted execution environment;update the trusted application based on one or more updates receivedfrom a service provider; and derive at least one secret bound to theupdated trusted application using the digest stored by the trusted OS inthe trusted execution environment.
 12. The system of claim 11, wherein:the trusted OS operates to use a secure file system managed by thetrusted execution environment to store the digest for said one or morebinary files.
 13. The system of claim 11, wherein: the trusted OSoperates to store state information, which indicates whether the trustedapplication has been updated, in the trusted execution environment. 14.The system of claim 11, wherein: the one or more binary files for thetrusted application contain a public key.
 15. The system of claim 14,wherein: the one or more updates of the trusted application contain asignature that is signed using a private key.
 16. The system of claim15, wherein: the trusted OS operates to use the public key to verify thesignature, in order to validate the one or more updates of the trustedapplication.
 17. The system of claim 11, wherein: the trusted OSoperates to use a key derivation function to derive said at least onesecret.
 18. The system of claim 17, wherein: the trusted OS operates toa master key maintained by the trusted OS in the trusted executionenvironment as a parameter for the key derivation function
 19. Thesystem of claim 11, wherein: a system-on-chip is provided in the device,wherein the system-on-chip supports the trusted execution environment,and provides a root of trust, which guarantees that the trusted OS isonly component that is able to derive secrets on the system-on-chip. 20.A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructionsstored thereon that when executed cause a system to perform the stepscomprising: storing, via a trusted operating system (OS) in a trustedexecution environment, a digest for one or more binary files, which areassociated with a trusted application that is deployed in the trustedexecution environment; updating the trusted application based on one ormore updates received from a service provider; and deriving, via thetrusted OS, at least one secret bound to the updated trusted applicationusing the digest stored by the trusted OS in the trusted executionenvironment.